Draft Action Research Plan

Goals and Objectives/Outcomes of the Research Investigation
Teachers will use goal setting strategies with students to increase their motivation towards completing school work and striving to perform to the best of their ability on diagnostic and state test.

Activities Designed to Achieve the Objectives
Students will set academic goals on several social studies projects throughout the school that involve using rubrics. They will also use the same process when preparing for diagnostic and TAKS test.

Resources and Research Tools Needed for Data Gathering
One third and fourth grade teacher from several elementary schools will report on student’s scores. Students will respond to survey on Survey Monkey.

Draft Timeline for Completion or Implementation of Activities
Teachers will receive an introduction letter with instructions on September 1st. During the months of September and October teachers will collect student work samples of assignments and projects that students completed using and not using goal setting. In February and March teachers will again collect sample to get a second set of data from students. Parents will take a survey in April on Survey Monkey. The results of the data will be complied in May.

Persons Responsible for Implementation of the Action Research Plan
Two third and fourth grade teachers will participate in the study. Parents of four different elementary school classes will participate by taking a survey on Survey Monkey.

Process for Monitoring the Achievement of Goals and Objectives
To compare the outcome of student work when using goal setting and not using goal setting I will plot the assignments and rubric results in excel. The parents survey monkey results will also be plotted on excel.

Assessment Instrument(s) to Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Action Research Study
Teachers will use rubrics to evaluate student work, excel spread sheets to compare test reports, and Survey Monkey to analyze parent’s reviews.